Life expectancy at birth in United States Virgin Islands was 64.6 years in 1958: 68.7 for women and 60.8 for men, a gap of 7.9 years. 327 people died; 50.2% of them were 65 or older and 18.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

64.6

Women

68.7

Men

60.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.0

Deaths

327

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.5

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

297

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

163

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	38.72	51.81	68.7	60.8
1-4	2.96	3.55	70.3	63.0
5-9	0.81	2.03	67.1	59.8
10-14	0.66	1.64	62.4	55.4
15-19	1.05	2.55	57.6	50.9
20-24	1.46	3.64	52.9	46.5
25-29	1.74	3.86	48.3	42.3
30-34	2.07	4.37	43.7	38.1
35-39	2.62	5.39	39.1	33.8
40-44	3.49	7.09	34.6	29.7
45-49	4.99	9.65	30.1	25.7
50-54	7.32	13.83	25.8	21.8
55-59	10.88	20.07	21.7	18.2
60-64	17.14	29.98	17.8	14.8
65-69	28.12	44.72	14.1	11.8
70-74	47.41	68.34	10.9	9.2
75-79	79.44	105.96	8.1	6.9
80-84	132.71	162.68	5.8	5.1
85-89	207.65	246.65	4.2	3.7
90-94	326.50	373.39	2.9	2.6
95-99	459.99	510.15	2.1	1.9
100+	612.30	654.62	1.6	1.5

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands by year

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands, 1958

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